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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-23-10 01:50 PM
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Man fined for insulting French flag
A court in the south of France has fined an Algerian man 750 euros (£637; $984) for insulting the national flag - the first penalty under a new decree.

Abderrahmane Saidi, 26, was at a local government office on Tuesday when he grabbed a flag and snapped the pole in two during a row with a clerk.

A July decree made insulting the tricolour an offence punishable by a fine of up to 1,500 euros.

The rule was triggered by a photo of a man wiping his bottom with the flag.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12069307
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-23-10 01:52 PM
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1. When my French Flag sits around the house
Edited on Thu Dec-23-10 01:52 PM by CBGLuthier
It sits A R O U N D the house.

Come and get me gendarmes.
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-23-10 02:08 PM
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2. sounds like good security to me. LOL
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somone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-23-10 02:29 PM
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3. The infamous photo:
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Morning Dew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-23-10 02:31 PM
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4. I think that is what Bush used to do with the Constitution. n/m
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Jeffersons Ghost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-23-10 03:19 PM
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6. LOL!!! I'm sure of it
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-23-10 02:33 PM
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5. I fart in its general direction.
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